Hair-curling device



Dec. 18, 1928. 1,695,545

' A. F. GODEFROY HAIR CURLING DEVICE Filed NOV. 1927 q bvvmvroe: y Z T ALEXA N025 f. 6005541,

. x 5- BY mit strands of hair to be wound around the Patented Dec. 18, 1928.

.UNITED STATES ALEXANDRE r. GODEFROY, or sun. Lo IsJvrIssouJaI.

HAIB-CURLING DEVICE.

Application filed November This invention relates tohair curling devices of the kind that are used to produce permanent curls in womens hair.

Oneobject'of my invention is to provide ahair curling device that can be used to produce attractive permanent curls in close proximity to the tips of the hair, and which is of such construction that it can be applied quickly and without liability of subjecting the hair to an annoyingpull or strain in the operation of wrapping the hair aroundthe device.

Another object is to provide a hair'curling device that is relatively small, light in weight,

and of such design that when itis in use the hair will be maintained in the form of a plurality of coils or loops that are drawn tightly around the device.

And still another object of my invention is to provide an apparatus for producing a permanent curl that is simple enough in; de-' sign to enable it to be-used successfully by an amateur'hair dresser, and which is low enough in cost to bring it within the reach of families and individuals who are not financially able to patronize professional hair dressers. Other objects and desirable features of my invention will be hereinafter pointedout.

I To this end I have devised a hair curling device, which, in its simplest form, consists of an elongated metal member having a sub stantially cylindrical-shaped outer surface, constructed so that it can be-collapsedto persame, and thereafter expanded so as toexert longitudinal tension on the hair and cause the hair to be held in theform oftightly drawn loops or coils 'whilepit is being sub jected to heat. Said memberis preferably 'constructed of aluminum or some other suitable metal, and in the form of my invention herein illustrated, it'is of tubular form and is composed of a pluralityrof longitudinally divided sectionsthat are capable of moving relatively to eachother so as to expand said member after the hairhas been wrapped around the same. In order to maintain said sections in a certainapproximate position with relation to each other, means is provided for holding them in longitudinal alignment with each other and for preventing one section from moving endwise or longitudinally relatively to the others. Various means can be used to hold s'aid member in an expanded condition.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a top plan view 5, 1927. Serial mi 231.271.

of. an expansible hair curling device, constructed in accordance with my invention. Figure 2 is an end view of said device. Figure 3' is a side=elevational view, illustrating said device combined with the means that is used to expand the-same.

'Figure 4 is a top plan view of the various 7 elements of the apparatus shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a side elevational view,illustrating the expansible member combined with a means that holds it in its expanded condition during the curling operation, and

Figure 6 is a cross sectional view, taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Referring to the drawings which illustrate nates an elongated metal member of substantially tubular shape around which strands of" hair 00 are adapted to be wrapped 'so as to form a plurality of coils or loops, as shown in Figure 1, the terminal ends ofsaid strands being confined in any preferred manner, as,

for example, by wrapping a cord or other element y around the coils which embrace the member A. Said member A is constructed so the preferred formof my invention, A desigthat it can be expanded after the hair has been coiled around the same so as to exert longitudinal tension on the hair and cause the coils or loops to be drawn tightly. around said member and held in this condition while the hair is being subjected to heat which radiates from the member A,it being of course understood that themember A ismaintained in a heated condition for a sufiiciently long period hair. 5 7

1 In the form of my invention herein illus trated themember A is composed of a plurality of longitudinallyfdivided sections 1 and 2 which .are provided. at their ends with co-operating portions that hold said'sections 1 in arcertain approximate position relatively to each other, said portlons c'omprlsing a pair dovetail-shaped portion 2? on the section 2,

to produceeapermanent curl in the and a pair of similar lugs 1? at the opposite 7 end of the section2 that embrace a substantially dovetail-shaped portion 2 on the sec tion 1. Said co-operating portionspermit the 7 sections 1 and 2 to move outwardly away from each other during the operation'of expanding the member A, but they hold said section in alignment with each other and also prevent.

one section from'moving or shifting bodily longitudinally of the other section. If de-J' sired, the sections 1 and 2 can be provided adjacent their ends with ribs 3 so as to pre vent the coils or loops of hair from slipping longitudinally off of the member A.

After the hair has been wrapped around the member A, said member is expanded, as previously described. One means that I have ound to be very satisfactory for expanding the member A consists of two wedges B adapted to be inserted in the opposite ends of the member A in a guideway in same formed by, grooves 4 in the meeting faces of the sections 1 and 2. The wedges B are arranged in opposed relation, and when they are forced longitudinally into the member A, they cause said member to expand sufliciently to draw theloops or coils of hair tightly around the exterior of said member. Various means can be used to actuate the wedges B, such, for example, as a tool designated as an entirety by the reference character C, that is provided with a handle 5 connected to a yoke shaped frame 6, in one arm .7 of which an actuating screw 8 is rotatably mounted. Said screw 8 is provided at its inner end with a swiveled head piece 9 that has an openended socket 10 which is adapted to receive an enlarged portion 11 on the outer end of one of the wedges B. When the screw 8 is rotated the head piece 9 moves longitudinally of the cross member of the frame of the tool C, said head piece being provided with a depending guide 9 that travels in an elongated slot or guideway 9 formed in said cross member, as shown in Figure 3. The other arm 7 a of the frame of said tool is also provided with an open-ended socket 10 that is adapted to receive an enlarged portion 11 at the outer end of the other wedge B.

In using the apparatus the two sections 1 and 2 of the member A are arranged in operative engagement with each other, and the strands of hair that are to be curled by said member are wrapped around the same so as to form several coils or loops which prevent the two sections of said member from separating or pulling apart. The wedges B are then inserted in the opposite ends of the member A, and thereafter, the tool C is arranged in operative engagement with said wedges by introducing the enlarged portions 11 at the outer ends of the wedges into the sockets 10 and 10 provided for same in the arms 7 and 7 of the frame of the tool C. The opb crating screw 8 of said tool is then manipulated in a direction to force the wedges B longitudinally into the member A, so as to expand said member. After the member A has been expanded, a means is combined with the same so as to hold said member in its expanded condition after the Wedges B have been removed from said member. Various means may be used for this purpose, but I.

prefer to insert spacing devices 12 between the meeting edges of the two sections 1 and 2 of the member A, said spacing devices being herein illustrated as consisting of laterallyprojecting lugs on a pair of levers 13 that are combined with a spring 14, so as to form a spring clamp which can be manipulated easily so as to permit the spacing devices 12 to be slipped over the member A and then introduced between the meeting edges of the sections 1 and 2 of said member. Two of the spacing devices 12 are arranged in opposed relation at each of the ends of the members A, and consequently, after the wedges B have been withdrawn from the member A, the two sections 1 and 2 of said member will be held heat it internally by a medium or means that is introduced into said member after the wedges B have been withdrawn from same. Figure 5 of the drawings illustrating the member A as being heated by an electricallyoperated heating device-D that extends longitudinally through said member.

A hair curling device of the construction above described can be used successfully to produce attractive permanent curls by a person not skilled in the art of hair dressing; it will produce tight curls in close proximity to the tips of the hair; it can be installed without danger of subjecting the hair to an annoying pull or strain, due to the fact that it is only necessary to wrap or coil the hair loose- 1y around the member A preparatory to expanding said member; and it can be made and sold at a low enough cost to bring it within the reach of persons who are not financially able to patronize a professional hair dresser.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: y

1. A hair curling device, consisting of an expansible member of substantially tubular shape, composed of a plurality of longitudinally-divided sections, said member being adapted to have strands of hair coiled around the same, wedges for expanding said member, and means for holding said member in an expanded condition after the wedges have een removed from said member. 2. A hair curling device, consisting of a tubular member composed of a plurality of longitudinally-divided sections around which strands of hair are adapted to be coiled, a means removable combined with said member that is adapted to be actuated to expand the same so as to cause the coils of hair to be drawn tightly around said member, and means for holding. said member in an expandbeen removed from said member.

3. A hair curling device, consisting of a substantially tubular member around which strands of hair are adapted to be coiled,said member being composed of a pluralityoflons gitudinally-divided sections that are capable of moving relatively to each other in adirection to expand said member, Wedges that are adapted to be moved endWise through said member to expand the same, and devices that are adapted to be interposed between the meeting edges of the sections of said member to hold said member injan expanded condition.

4. A hair curling apparatus, consisting-oi an expansible member around which strands of hair are adapted to be coiled, wedges that are adapted to be introduced into said member, means for moving said wedges in a direction to expand said member, and means for holding said member in an, expanded condition after said wedges have been removed.

5. A hair curling apparatus, consisting of an expansiblesmember around which strands of hair are adapted to be coiled, wedges that are adapted to be inserted in said member, a tool detachablycombined with said wedges that is adapted to actuate said wedges in a.

direction to expand said m'ember,,and a means panded condit'ion after said wedges have been removed. v

' 6. A hair curling device, consisting of a v substantially tubular member around which a strand ofhair is adapted to be :coiledor looped, a means removably combined with said member for expanding the same so as to cause the coils of hair to be drawn tightly around said member, and means for holding said member, in an expanded condition after said expanding means'has been removed from Saidmember.

7. A hair curling device, consisting of an expansible member around which a strand of hair is adapted to be coiled, said member having a hollow interior that is'adapted to receive afheating device,'and means for main taming said member in an expanded condition so as to exert tension on the coils or] loops of hair on said member while'said hair is being heated. i V

v ALEXANDRE F. GODEFROY. 

